In the latest installment of the late night TV wars, the peacock
network is reportedly trying to oust reigning ratings king Leno
in favor of the younger, hipper, Jimmy
Fallon, whose show currently comes on after Leno's.

The two NBC late night hosts have even been addressing a possible
shake up at the network on their respective shows this week.

"Leno has averaged 3.53 million total viewers, compared to 3.1
million for Letterman, and and 2.64 million for
Kimmel," reports The Wrap. "In the younger demo, Kimmel closes
the gap — but is still behind Leno. Leno has 1.02 million viewers
19-49, compared to 936,000 for Kimmel and 873,000 for
Letterman."

Remember what happened last
time NBC tried to replace Leno with the younger Conan
O'Brien in 2010? It was bad.

The brass at NBC moved Leno to
a primetime spot, giving his late night spot to O'Brien, whose
show aired after Leno's. The scheduling change was attributed to
poor ratings for both shows.

Though not technically a breach
of either host's contract, the change resulted in public
demonstrations in support of O'Brien and embarrassment for
the network.

Leno and the NBC brass
pushed out O'Brien in 2010.NBC/"Tonight Show"

"Shortly after NBC made the schedule change proposal, O'Brien
indicated that he would quit his show and leave the network if
NBC were to implement it, citing the 'destruction' of the
venerable franchise which had aired at or around 11:30 pm for
over 60 years," according to a Wikipedia page devoted to the controversy.

Eventually,
after nearly two weeks of negotiations, O'Brien
walked and he, along with his staff, received a total
of $45 million to peacefully exit the
network.

"The odds are we will
both leave this Earth without speaking to each other, which is
fine," O'Brien told The Hollywood Reporter after
the 2010 controversy with Leno.
"There's really nothing to say. We both know the deal. He knows;
I know. I'd rather just forget ... It helps
that almost everybody involved in the craziness has been relieved
of their jobs."

At the rate NBC is going, they're headed directly for another
"2010 Tonight Show Conflict," as the incident is now known.